covered with; stained; smeared
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
picking; collecting; harvesting
example; specimen; sample
storage; housing for equipment and machines; putting into computer memory
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to be silent; to say nothing
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
advanced student; advanced learner; advanced practitioner; experienced person
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to sew up; to sew together
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
study; learning; tutorial
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
primary school; elementary school; grade school
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific